What Happened In April 1895 - Historical Events 1895 April

Historical Events for April, 1895

3rd » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
6th » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry or Marquess of Queensberry.
17th » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Liaoning named Fengtien Histo
24th » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".

1st » Alberta Hunter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
1st » Paul Richter, Austrian actor (d. 1961)
3rd » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer (d. 1968)
3rd » Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
4th » Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (d. 1991)
6th » Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
7th » Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)
9th » Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
9th » Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor (d. 1975)
15th » Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (d. 1980)
16th » Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup Group Limited named Arup (d. 1988)
17th » Robert Dean Frisbie, American author (d. 1948)
20th » Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer (d. 1973)
20th » Henry de Montherlant, French author and playwright (d. 1972)
23rd » Johnny Hyde, Russian-American talent agent (d. 1950)
23rd » Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)
29th » Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)
29th » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1967)
30th » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1960)